{"id":2692,"date":"2013-08-16T09:02:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T07:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2013-08-16T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T07:02:29","slug":"jctr-urges-caution-on-2013-budget-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/16\/jctr-urges-caution-on-2013-budget-management\/","title":{"rendered":"JCTR urges caution on 2013 budget management"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><b><i><a title=\"JCTR Logo\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/jctr-lusaka.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1135 alignleft\" alt=\"JCTR Lusaka\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/jctr-lusaka.png?resize=230%2C168\" width=\"230\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/jctr-lusaka.png?w=943&amp;ssl=1 943w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/jctr-lusaka.png?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/jctr-lusaka.png?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/jctr-lusaka.png?resize=900%2C657&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>Press Release 15<sup>th<\/sup>August<\/i><\/b><i> <b>2013<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>On Sunday 11 August, 2013, the Minister of Finance Honourable Alexander Chikwanda, held a briefing on fiscal and other treasury matters. The briefing was partly in response to various concerns bordering on the performance of the 2013 budget thus far.\u00a0 <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Different sections of society have expressed fears suggesting a looming or actual budget deficit beyond the 2013 budget provision of 4.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). \u201cWhile the government made assurances that the perceived budget deficit is within manageable limits, it is important that the government is seen to manage the deficit in ways that do not worsen the <\/i><i>livelihoods of the majority poor\u2019\u2019, notes Daniel <\/i><i>Mutale, Social Conditions programme manager. <a title=\"CJTR Lusaka Press Release August 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/press-release-august-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE<\/a><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a title=\"CJTR Lusaka Bread Basket July 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/jctr-basic-needs-basket-lusaka-july-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>JCTR BASIC NEEDS BASKET Lusaka July 2013<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release 15thAugust 2013 On Sunday 11 August, 2013, the Minister of Finance Honourable Alexander Chikwanda, held a briefing on fiscal and other treasury matters. The briefing was partly in response to various concerns bordering on the performance of the 2013 budget thus far.\u00a0 Different sections of society have expressed fears suggesting a looming or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,28],"tags":[243,793],"class_list":["post-2692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-publications","tag-bread-basket","tag-justice-and-peace"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}